'Righteous' in the Bible

Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. [The] righteous will encircle me, because you will deal bountifully with me.

And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive [is] righteous before you.

Yahweh [is] righteous in all his ways, and loyal in all his works.

Yahweh opens [the eyes of the] blind; Yahweh raises up [those] bowed down; Yahweh loves [the] righteous;

So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

The curse of Yahweh [is] on the house of the wicked, and the abode of the righteous ones he blesses.

But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.

Give to a wise one and he will become more wise; {teach} a righteous one and he will increase learning.

Yahweh will not cause a righteous person to go hungry, but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.

Blessings [belong] to the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The wage of the righteous [leads] to life; the gain of the wicked to sin.

The dread of the wicked will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

With the passing of the tempest, there is no wickedness, but [the] righteous have a foundation forever.

The hope of the righteous [is] gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

The righteous one is forever; he will not be removed. But the wicked will not remain in the land.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a tongue of perversity will be cut off.

The lips of the righteous know [the] acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, the perverse.

The righteous is delivered from trouble, but the wicked enters into it.

With a mouth, the godless shall destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

When good [is with] the righteous, [the] city rejoices, and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.

{Rest assured}, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

The desire of the righteous [is] only good, but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.

He who trusts in his wealth [is] he who will fall, but like a green leaf the righteous will flourish.

If the righteous on earth will be repaid, {how much more} the wicked and sinner.

A person will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

The thoughts of the righteous are just; the advice of the wicked is treacherous.

The wicked are overthrown and {are no more}, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

The righteous knows the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is cruel.

The wicked covets the proceeds of evil, but the root of the righteous {bears fruit}.

By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

{No evil will happen} to the righteous, but the wicked are filled [with] trouble.

A righteous person will seek out his neighbor, but the way of the wicked will lead them astray.

The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and {disgrace}.

The light of the righteous will rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked will die out.

Misfortune will pursue sinners, but the righteous {will be rewarded with prosperity}.

He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren}, and stored up for the righteous [is] the wealth of a sinner.

The righteous eats to satisfy his life, but the belly of the wicked will lack.

The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

By his evildoing, the wicked will be overthrown, and the righteous will find refuge in his death.

[In] the house of the righteous [there is] much treasure, but the income of the wicked brings trouble.

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but the prayers of the righteous he will hear.

A crown of glory is gray hair; by a righteous life it is gained.

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, the two of them [are] both abominations of Yahweh.

Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, [nor] to flog nobles for uprightness.

Being partial [to] faces of evil [is] not good, [nor] to subvert the righteous at the judgment.

A tower of strength is the name of Yahweh; into him the righteous will run and be safe.

The first in his dispute is [deemed] righteous, [but] his neighbor will come and examine him.

He who walks in his integrity [is] righteous; happy are his children who follow him.

The righteous observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked to ruin.

[It is] a joy to the righteous to do justice, but dismay to those who do evil.

A ransom for the righteous is the wicked, and [the] faithless instead of the upright.

{All day} he craves a craving, but the righteous will give and not hold back.

The father of the righteous will surely rejoice; he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.

Do not lie in wait [like] an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do not do violence [to] his dwelling place.

For seven [times] the righteous will fall, but he will rise, but the wicked will be overthrown by calamity.

Whoever says to the guilty, "You are righteous," the people will curse him; the nations will abhor him.

[Like] a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is the righteous who gives way before the wicked.

The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion.

When the righteous triumphs, great [is] the glory, but with [the] rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.

With [the] rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden, and with their perishing, [the] righteous will multiply.

When the righteous are numerous, the people will rejoice, but when the wicked are ruling, people will groan.

In transgression, an evil man [is] a snare, but [the] righteous will sing and rejoice.

[The] righteous knows [the] case of the poor, but [the] wicked does not understand knowledge.

With the increase of the wicked, transgression will increase, but the righteous will look on his downfall.

A man of injustice is an abomination to the righteous, but the {upright} is an abomination to the wicked.

So I said {to myself}, "God will surely judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time [of judgment] for every deed and every work."

I have seen all these things in my vain life: Sometimes a righteous man perishes in [spite of] his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked man lives a long life in [spite of] his evil.

Do not be excessively righteous, and do not act excessively wise, lest you destroy yourself.

Surely there is no one righteous on the earth who [continually] does good and never sins.

What my heart sought, I did not find. Although I found one righteous man among one thousand, I did not find one [upright] woman among all these.

There [is] a vanity that happens on earth: sometimes the righteous suffer what the wicked deserve, and sometimes the wicked receive what the righteous deserve. I said, "This also [is] vanity!"

So all this I laid to my heart, and I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, [are] in the hand of God. So no one knows anything that will [come] to them, whether [it will be] love or hatred.

The same fate [comes] to everyone: to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the wicked, to the clean and to the unclean, to those who sacrifice and to those who do not sacrifice. As [with] the good [man], so also to the sinner; [as with] those who swear an oath, so [also] those who fear oaths.

We hear songs from the {edge} of the earth: "Glory to the righteous [one]!" But I say, "Ruin to me! Ruin to me! Woe to me! [The] treacherous ones deal treacherously, and [the] treacherous ones deal treacherously [with] treachery!"

Open [the] gates {so that} [the] righteous nation who keeps faithfulness may enter!

[The] way of the righteous [is] a straight path; {you clear the level path of the righteous}.

those who mislead a person into sin with a word and set a trap for the {arbitrator} in the gate and guide away [the] righteous by emptiness.

Declare and present [your case], also let them consult together! Who {made this known} from {former times}, declared it from {of old}? [Was it] not I, Yahweh? And there is no [other] god besides [me], a righteous God besides me, and no savior besides me.

Can war-booty be taken from [the] mighty? or can a captive of a righteous [person] be rescued?

From the trouble of his life he will see; he will be satisfied. In his knowledge, [the] righteous [one], my servant, shall declare many righteous, and he is the one who will bear their iniquities.

The righteous [one] perishes, and there is no one who takes [it] to heart. And men of faithfulness [are] gathered, while there is no one who understands, for the righteous is gathered from the presence of wickedness.

Yet they seek me day [by] day, and they desire the knowledge of my ways like a nation that {practiced} righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of its God; they ask me for {righteous judgments}, they desire the closeness of God.

And all your people [shall be] righteous; they shall take possession of [the] land forever, the shoot of his planting, the work of my hands, to show my glory.

Yet, Yahweh of hosts, who tests [the] righteous, who sees [the] {heart} and [the] {mind}, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have revealed my legal case.

"Look, days [are] coming," {declares} Yahweh, "when I will raise up for David a righteous branch, and he will reign [as] king, and he will achieve success, and he will do justice and righteousness in the land.

Yahweh is righteous; I have rebelled [against] {his word}. Please hear, all [the] nations, And see my pain; My young women and young men went into captivity.

Because of the sins of her prophets, the guilt of her priests, who shed blood in her midst, of righteous people.

And {when the righteous turns from his righteousness} and does injustice, and I place a stumbling block {before him}, he will die, for you did not warn him. Because of his sin he will die, and his righteousness that he did will not be remembered, and his blood I shall seek from your hand.

And if you warn him, the righteous, not to sin, and [the] righteous does not sin, surely he will live, for he heeded a warning. And you will have saved your life."

Because [you] disheartened [the] heart of [the] righteous [by] deception, and I have not caused him pain, and strengthened [the] hands of [the] wicked [so that he did] not turn from his wicked way to save his life.

And Samaria did not sin {according to even half of your sins}, and you caused your detestable things to increase more than they, and you made your sister righteous [in comparison] with all of your detestable things that you did.

Also, you bear your disgrace, [by] which you furnished justification to your sisters through your sins [by] which you acted more abominably than they; they were more righteous than you, and also, you be ashamed and bear your disgrace through your making your sister righteous.

And if a man is righteous and does justice and righteousness,

[and] in my statutes he goes about and my regulations he keeps, {performing faithfully} --[then] he is righteous, [and] certainly he will live," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

The person, the [one] sinning, will die. A son shall not bear the guilt of the father, and a father shall not bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him; the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

And {when the righteous turns} from his righteousness, so that he does injustice, and does all of the detestable things that the wicked do, then will he live [because of] all of his righteousness that he did? [Those things] will not be remembered because of his infidelity that he displayed, and because of his {sin that he committed}. Through them he shall die.

When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and he does injustice, then he will die because of them; because of his injustice that he did he will die!

And you must say to the land of Israel, 'Thus says Yahweh: "Look! I [am] against you, and I will draw out my sword from its sheath, and I will cut [off] from you [the] righteous and [the] wicked.

Because I will cut [off] from you [both] righteous and wicked, therefore my sword will go out from its sheath to all creatures from south [to] north.

But righteous men, they will judge them [with] [the] judgment of committing adultery, and [with] [the] judgment of shedding blood; for they were committing adultery, and blood [was] on their hands."